Barcelona
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SPAIN - BARCELONA This Mayan-like ziggurat marks the Spanish border with France
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Our room at the Eurostar Grand Marina
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The hotel's central courtyard
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Large seabirds glide over the Marina Grand Hotel
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The Barrí Gotíc and Le Seu Cathedral
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The Arab motif attests to 800 years of Moorish occupation
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Sagrada Familia. This is the Nativity Facade, completed in 1926 at the time of Gaudi's death.
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Gaudi used this upside-down model of the church as an analog computer to calculate strain on the arches
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The other side of Sagrada familia is the Passion Facade, depictingthe death of Christ
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Each door of the Passon Facade is covered with inscription
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The interior
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The park adjacent to the Sagrada
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The neighborhood around the Sagrada
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The soutrh side is the Glory facade, still uncompleted after almost 100 years
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The Parc Güell, a showcase of Gaudi's sculpture and architecture
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This public deck rests on a set of 89 large Roman columns
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The columns supporting the deck
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There are 89 columns, defining a space intended to be used as a market
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Buskers and vendors abound
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The outermost columns lean inward to support the weight of the deck
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Two men stage a scene fom a Japanese play
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On the hill below the columns, a Hans Christian Andersen toy viillage
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Views of the city and harbor from Montjuic
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Port facilities and ships
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The Olympic theme scultpture
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The old customs house and port offiice
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The entrance to Port Vell, a fancy shopping mall
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The marina
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A last walk around downtown
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Very large seagulls
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The Eurostar Grand Marina
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